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Designing Incentives That Work For Everyone
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The success of a system lies in its incentives that are so strong that even bad people behave like good people. It is important to have non-pathological people in the system trying to navigate against the grain of bad incentives to make it work for everyone.
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In this podcast, the importance of good incentives in shaping behavior is discussed, highlighting that bad incentives are so powerful that they corrupt even good people.
1:00:27 - 1:02:11 (01:43)
Summary
In this podcast, the importance of good incentives in shaping behavior is discussed, highlighting that bad incentives are so powerful that they corrupt even good people. The discussion covers how to diagnose and understand incentives, and how to create better ones that can lead to better outcomes for everyone.
ChapterDesigning Incentives That Work For Everyone
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Summary
The speaker expresses their belief in the responsibility of America as the world's cop for nation-building but acknowledges the complexities of changing cultures through force and the need to address inner problems before external ones can be handled.
ChapterDesigning Incentives That Work For Everyone
Episode#365 – Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
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ChapterDesigning Incentives That Work For Everyone
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Summary
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